Château du Saussay
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The château du Saussay is a French
Templar commandery. It is built on the ruins of a 15th-century feudal castle, and is a rare collection of two 18th-century châteaux facing each other at the entrance to a Romantic park surrounded by water. Inside, their reception rooms evoke the lives of their inhabitants. The Château du Grand-Saussay and its park are listed monuments.[1][2]
History
The property of
Olivier Le Daim, barber to the French kings from Louis XI to Louis XV, the château was burned by the Spanish during the Wars of Religion
.
The owner obtained permission from
Canclaux and finally Colbert
at the start of the 19th century.
In 1735 a pavilion - identical in appearance to the original château - was built facing it, to give the appearance (surviving to this day) of two châteaux opening onto a park. Just before the
Nicolas Ledoux
(end of the 18th century). In the 19th century the Colberts doubled the size of the main pavilion and endowed the château with a magnificent library.
At the start of the 20th century, the château passed to the
Jacques de Bourbon Busset
lived in this château, where his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren still live today.
Use as a film location
The real Château du Saussay provided locations for Fred Zinnemann's The Day of the Jackal (1973) and interior shots for Stephen Frears' Dangerous Liaisons (1988).[3]
References
- ^ Base Mérimée: Château du Grand-Saussay, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ Base Mérimée: Parc du château du Grand Saussay, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ "Filming Location Matching "Château du Saussay, Ballancourt-sur-Essonne, Essonne, France" (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)". IMDb. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
External links
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